1999 GMC SIERRA 1500 Complaints

BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT CORRODED. HAD TO REPLACE 5 BRAKE LINES AND 2 FRONT CALIPER DO TO CORROSION. MY BILL AT GM DEALER $957.35 FOR REPAIRS. *TR

1999.5 GMC SIERRA 1500 4WD EXT CAB, SHORTBED. MAY 2005 FRONT BRAKE LINE BURST WHILE APPLYING BRAKES DUE TO SLOWED TRAFFIC ON 65MPH INTERSTATE IN UPSTATE NY. USED SHOULDER TO AVOID HITTING VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME, HOWEVER REAR BRAKES ONLY ON A 6K POUND PICKUP TRUCK, UNLOADED, DO NOT RESULT IN EFFECTIVE BRAKING. I HAD TO DOWNSHIFT MY AUTOMATIC TO USE ENGINE BRAKING AS WELL AS THE PARKING BRAKE (WHICH ALSO IS POORLY DESIGNED AND INEFFECTIVE). TRUCK WAS TOWED TO GM DEALER WHERE FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED AS ALL WERE RUSTED/ROTTED TO UNSAFE LEVELS, WITH ONE FRACTURING CAUSING THE LOSS OF PRESSURE AND FLUID. APRIL 2009 UPON DOING AN OIL CHANGED, MYSELF, I DISCOVER THE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES, INCLUDING THE FRONT AS WELL AS THE REAR ARE IN VERY BAD SHAPE DUE TO RUST. AFTER SPEAKING TO MY MECHANIC I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE GM BRAKE LIKE FROM THE LATE 90S TO 2004 WERE NOT PROPERLY DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THE WEATHER AND RESIST CORROSION. HE SAID AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK HE HAS TO REPLACE SECTIONS OF GM BRAKE LINE FROM THESE TRUCKS AND SUVS. I CANNOT CURRENTLY AFFORD TO REPLACE THESE YET AS ITS A $1700 JOB DUE TO THE LABOR INVOLVED AND THE FACT THAT REPLACING WITH GM'S BRAKE LINES WILL JUST RUST AGAIN IN 2-3 YEARS. SO I NEED AFTERMARKET LINES, PROBABLY STAINLESS STEEL OR AT LEAST SOMETHING WITH A PROPER AMOUNT OF NICKEL IN IT (WHICH GM HAS SKIMPED ON!) WHICH HOPEFULLY I CAN PUT ON IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS BEFORE I GET KILLED OR SOMEONE ELSE KILLED. APRIL 2010. *TR

BRAKE LINE FAILURE DUE TO EXTREME RUST. AFTER ACCIDENT I CHECKED SEVERAL OTHER TRUCKS OF THE SAME VINTAGE WHERE I WORKED AND ALL HAD SIMILAR PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT 1999 GMC SIERRA 1500. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL REPEATED PRESSURE AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED GMC DEALER AND THE LEFT FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,617 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

BRAKE LINE LET GO WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND FLUID STARTED TO LEAK FROM UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE UNDER DOOR/ TRUCK IS NOT OPERABLE SINCE / CURRENTLY WAITING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO HAVE FIXED AS WAS ADVISED THAT COULD COST UP TO 500 HUNDRED DOLLARS AS ALL LINES WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED AS THEY ALL ARE CORRODED TO POINT OF MORE BREAKAGE. *TR

1999 GMC SIERRA 1500 5.3 - I HAD BRAKE LINES FAIL ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. FIRST WAS A HARD LINE TO THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE, HAPPENED IN MY DRIVEWAY SO NO CRASH. SECOND WAS A LINE COMING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER. THIS WAS WHILE TOWING A TRAILER AND THE TRAILER BRAKES MANAGED TO GET US STOPPED EVEN THOUGH WE WERE ON A HILL. THE THIRD FAILURE WAS STOPPING AT A LIGHT, LUCKILY NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAD PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE. AFTER THAT I REPLACED ALL OF THE REMAINING LINES ON THE TRUCK. NO PROBLEMS SINCE. *TR

1999 GMC SIERRA PICKUP REGULAR CAB 4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES. TRUCK WOULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, SPEED LESS THAN 5 MPH. PEDAL VIBRATED THEN WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. TRUCK BUMPED INTO CAR IN FRONT OF IT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO CAR, VERY SLIGHT DAMAGE TO TRUCK. ROADS WERE CLEAR AND DRY, DAY WAS COLD BUT SUNNY. *TR

BRAKE LINES FAILED ON MY 1999 GMS SIERRA PICK UP. HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $2000.00 +'S. ALSO ANTI LOCK BRAKING HAS FAILED DUE TO FRONT SENSOR PROBLEM, GM WANTED TO REPLACE FRONT BEARINGS AND WHEEL HUBS TO FIX THIS FOR $1100.00 MORE,TOLD THEM THIS WAS A RECALL THEY DID IN THE PAST DID NOT WANT TO HEAR IT. HAD TO REMOVE FUSE FOR ANTI LOCK BRAKING, VEHICLE RIDES AND BRAKES OK. *TR

AFTER PUTTING IN NEW BRAKE PADS AND BRAKE ROTORS ON MY 1999 GMC SIERRA 1500 PICKUP TRUCK, I LOST PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. AFTER CHECKING FOR RECALLS AND HAVING MORE THEN ONE CERTIFIED MECHANIC TRY TO SOLVE THE ISSUE I WAS TOLD THE EHCU ( ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT) WAS NOT WORKING. THE COMPANIES TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A COMMON ITEM TO GO BAD ON ALL TRUCKS 1999 AND NEWER. THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THEM AND THEY ARE A DEALERSHIP ITEM. THE COST OF A NEW ONE IS $1,068.00. BEING THAT THIS ITEM IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE PRICE BEING SO EXPENSIVE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS 10 YRS OLD, I FEEL THE PRICE OF THE UNITS SHOULD BE EITHER RECALLED OR LOWER IN PRICE. *TR

BRAKE LINES ON A 99 GMC COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. *TR